Community View: Israel was forced into taking action to defend its citizens

11:37 PM,
Nov. 21, 2012

Palestinian mourners cry during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City, Tuesday. According to the family, the 52 years old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed during an Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in a car when the strike took place and he died on his way to the hospital from shrapnel wounds.

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Phyllis Hartstein

On Nov. 14, in response to an escalation of rocket attacks from Gaza, the Israeli Defense Forces initiated Operation Pillar of Defense. Since the launch, and the killing of Hamas Commander and Chief-of-Staff Ahmed Jabari, Hamas has launched both a military and public relations campaign to destabilize and delegitimize the State of Israel.

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